"John Rebus Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of which have so far been televised as ""Rebus"". The novels are mostly set in and around Edinburgh. Rebus has been portrayed by John Hannah and Ken Stott for Television, with Ron Donachie playing the character for the BBC Radio dramatisations. According to Ian Rankin, John Rebus was born in 1947 and grew up in a pre-fabricated house in Craigmead Terrace, Cardenden, Fife (Rankin's home town), the son of a stage hypnotist. His grandfather was an"
"Daniel Roebuck Daniel Randall James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American character actor of television, film, and theatre. His best known roles include Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in ""The Fugitive"" and its spinoff film ""U.S. Marshals"", Jay Leno in ""The Late Shift"", and Dr. Leslie Arzt in ""Lost"", as well as numerous Rob Zombie and Don Coscarelli films. Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem in 1981. He appeared in his first film role in 1985, the lead in ""Cavegirl"". From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's"
"Philip Michael Thomas Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is an American retired actor and musician. Thomas' most famous role is that of detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series ""Miami Vice"". His first notable roles were in ""Coonskin"" (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film ""Sparkle"". After his success in ""Miami Vice"", Thomas appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and advertisements for telephone psychic services. He served as a spokesperson for cell phone entertainment company Nextones, and supplied the voice for the character Lance Vance in the video games """" and """". Thomas was born"
"Chad Coleman Chad L. Coleman (born September 6, 1974) is an American actor. He became known by portraying Dennis ""Cutty"" Wise on the HBO crime drama series ""The Wire"" (2004–2008), voicing Coach in the video game ""Left 4 Dead 2"", and portraying Tyreese Williams on the AMC post-apocalyptic horror series ""The Walking Dead"" (2012–2015). He currently stars in the Syfy series ""The Expanse"" as Fred Johnson, a.k.a. ""The Butcher of Anderson Station"", and starred in the History Channel's 2016 re-imagining of the miniseries ""Roots"". Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As a youth, he participated in"
"Robert Colbert Robert Colbert (born July 26, 1931) is an American actor most noted for his leading role portraying Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series ""The Time Tunnel"" and his two appearances as Brent Maverick, a third Maverick brother in the ABC/Warner Brothers western, ""Maverick"" starring James Garner, Jack Kelly and Roger Moore. Colbert began acting when he was a soldier based on the Pacific island of Okinawa. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police unit and also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Station KSBK-AM in the evenings. A woman in Air Force Special"
"Bruce Abbott Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American film, stage, and television actor. Originally beginning his career in theater, Abbott later gained notoriety for his role as Dr. Dan Cain in the cult sci-fi horror films ""Re-Animator"" (1985) and ""Bride of Re-Animator"" (1990). He has also had roles in the horror films ""Bad Dreams"" (1988) and ""The Prophecy II"" (1996), as well as the sci-fi film ""Out of Time"". From 1992 to 1993, he portrayed Judge Nicholas Marshall on the television series ""Dark Justice"". Abbott was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from"
"Peter Stickles Peter Stickles (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the voyeuristic Caleb in the John Cameron Mitchell film ""Shortbus"" and as Damian, leader of a gay vampire cult, in the Here TV original series ""The Lair"". Stickles was cast in ""Shortbus"" in 2003 from amongst some 400 actors who submitted audition tapes for the film, which was initially known as ""Sex Film Project."" No script had been written prior to casting and the story was built out of improvisational sessions once the cast was in place. The voyeuristic aspect"
"Peter Facinelli Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He starred as Donovan ""Van"" Ray on the Fox series ""Fastlane"" from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novel series, and is also known for his role as Mike Dexter in the 1998 film ""Can't Hardly Wait"". Facinelli was a regular on the Showtime comedy-drama series ""Nurse Jackie"", portraying the role of Dr. Fitch ""Coop"" Cooper. He portrayed Maxwell Lord on the first season of the TV series ""Supergirl"". Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, the"
"Robert R. Shafer Robert Ray ""Bobby"" Shafer (born April 10, 1958) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, commercials, voice-over and theater. Shafer, sometimes credited as Bobby Ray Shafer, is perhaps best known for playing Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration on the American sitcom ""The Office"", and has amassed a substantial cult following for his portrayal of Officer Ted Warnicky (more commonly known as Joe Vickers) in the 1989 horror-comedy ""Psycho Cop"" and the sequel ""Psycho Cop 2"". Robert Ray Shafer, Jr. was born in Charleston, West Virginia on April 10, 1958. He attended high school in Romeo,"
"Paul McGann Paul John McGann (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the 1986 television serial ""The Monocled Mutineer"". He later starred in the 1987 dark comedy ""Withnail and I"", and as the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 ""Doctor Who"" television film, a role he reprised in more than 70 audio dramas and the 2013 mini-episode ""The Night of the Doctor"". McGann is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the ""Hornblower"" TV series. McGann was born in 1959 in Liverpool, into a Roman Catholic family"
"Lane Smith Walter Lane Smith III (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor. His well-known roles included portraying collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the NBC television series ""V"", Mayor Bates in the film ""Red Dawn"", newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series """", Coach Jack Reilly in ""The Mighty Ducks"", district attorney Jim Trotter III in ""My Cousin Vinny"" and American President Richard Nixon in ""The Final Days"", for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination. Lane Smith was born in 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from the Leelanau School, a boarding school"
"Matt Caplan Matt Caplan is an American actor, singer, voice actor and musician. Caplan has appeared on Broadway in ""Rent"" as Mark Cohen, in the revival of ""South Pacific"" and in ""High Fidelity"". He has also been featured in the films Across the Universe and Painting Abby Long, and on the television show New Amsterdam. Most recently, he originated the role of Tunny in the stage adaptation of Green Day's ""American Idiot"", which premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California in September 2009. The show ended its run in Berkeley on November 15, 2009, and the role of"
"Lance Reddick Lance Reddick (born December 31, 1962) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing Cedric Daniels in ""The Wire"" and Phillip Broyles in ""Fringe"". He is also known for portraying Detective Johnny Basil on ""Oz"" and Matthew Abaddon in ""Lost"". Additionally, he provided both the voice and likeness for video game characters Martin Hatch in ""Quantum Break"", Sylens in ""Horizon Zero Dawn"" and Commander Zavala in the ""Destiny"" franchise. Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Friends School of Baltimore. As a teenager, he studied music at the Peabody Preparatory Institute and a"
"Nigel Bruce William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series ""The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films ""Rebecca"" and ""Suspicion"". Bruce was the second son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet (1856–1912) and his wife Angelica Lady Bruce (died 1917), daughter of General George Selby, Royal Artillery. He was born"
"he played guest roles as Giuseppe Salvatore in The CW series ""The Vampire Diaries"" and as James Ermine, a general for Jericho, a black-ops military contractor, on ""FlashForward"". He also voiced Vilgax in the animated television series """" and """", replacing Steve Blum. He guest-starred in ""Private Practice"" in 2010, playing a physician named Gibby, who works with Doctors Without Borders. On July 23, 2017, Remar was cast as Peter Gambi on the superhero drama ""Black Lightning"". James Remar William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor and voice-over artist. He played Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend"
"Nick Reding (actor) Nicholas Mark Reding (born 31 August 1962 in Chiswick, London) is an English actor. During a career of more than two decades, he is probably best known for playing PC Pete Ramsey in ""The Bill"" and DI Michael Conner in the BBC crime thriller series ""Silent Witness"". His many TV and film appearances include ""The Monocled Mutineer"", ""Bodyguards"", ""Oscar"", ""Peak Practice"", ""Frank Stubbs Promotes"", ""Minder"", ""Tales from the Crypt"", ""Bugs"", ""Sword of Honour"", ""A Touch of Frost"", ""Paradise Postponed"", ""Murder in Mind"", ""Boon"", ""The Ruth Rendell Mysteries"", ""Captive"", ""Mister Johnson"", ""The House of Eliott"", ""Police 2020"", ""Sunburn"","
"Gray in Baltimore. Chad Coleman Chad L. Coleman (born September 6, 1974) is an American actor. He became known by portraying Dennis ""Cutty"" Wise on the HBO crime drama series ""The Wire"" (2004–2008), voicing Coach in the video game ""Left 4 Dead 2"", and portraying Tyreese Williams on the AMC post-apocalyptic horror series ""The Walking Dead"" (2012–2015). He currently stars in the Syfy series ""The Expanse"" as Fred Johnson, a.k.a. ""The Butcher of Anderson Station"", and starred in the History Channel's 2016 re-imagining of the miniseries ""Roots"". Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As a youth,"
"Michigan and graduated in 1976. Shafer then attended Broward College before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Robert R. Shafer Robert Ray ""Bobby"" Shafer (born April 10, 1958) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, commercials, voice-over and theater. Shafer, sometimes credited as Bobby Ray Shafer, is perhaps best known for playing Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration on the American sitcom ""The Office"", and has amassed a substantial cult following for his portrayal of Officer Ted Warnicky (more commonly known as Joe Vickers) in the 1989 horror-comedy ""Psycho Cop"" and the sequel ""Psycho Cop 2"". Robert Ray"
"Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves ( ; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician. He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films, including comedies from the ""Bill and Ted"" franchise (1989–1991); action thrillers ""Point Break"" (1991), ""Speed"" (1994), and the ""John Wick"" franchise; psychological thriller ""The Devil's Advocate"" (1997); supernatural thriller ""Constantine"" (2005); and science fiction/action series ""The Matrix"" (1999–2003). He has also appeared in dramatic films such as ""Dangerous Liaisons"" (1988), ""My Own Private Idaho"" (1991), and ""Little Buddha"" (1993), as well as the romantic horror ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992)."
"Marty Ingels Martin Ingerman (March 9, 1936 – October 21, 2015), known professionally as Marty Ingels, was an American actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer and theatrical agent, who is best known as the co-star of the 1960s television series"" I'm Dickens, He's Fenster"" and for voicing Pac-Man in the 1982 Hanna-Barbera animated television series of the same name. Ingels was born Martin Ingerman to a Jewish family in 1936 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the son of Jacob and Minnie (née Crown) Ingerman. His uncle was Abraham Beame, the mayor of New York City from 1974 to"
"Eric Braeden Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born American film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the soap opera ""The Young and the Restless"", as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series ""The Rat Patrol"", Dr. Charles Forbin in """", and as John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 film ""Titanic"". He won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman. Braeden was born Hans-Jörg Gudegast in Bredenbek, Germany (near Kiel), where his father was once mayor. He emigrated"
"Pete Duel Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971), known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, best known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the television series ""Alias Smith and Jones"". He was the older brother of actor Geoffrey Deuel, who is best known for his role in Chisum (1970) and numerous episodic television appearances of the 1960s and 70s. Duel was born in Rochester, New York, the eldest of three children born to Dr. Ellsworth and Lillian Deuel (née Ellstrom). He had a younger"
"League Unlimited, , ThunderCats"" and ""Mad"". He married his girlfriend, Susan Martens, on September 25, 2016 in Connecticut. Will Friedle William Alan Friedle (; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for his comedic roles, most notably the underachieving elder brother Eric Matthews on the long-running TV sitcom ""Boy Meets World"" from 1993 to 2000. More recently, he has voiced a number of animated characters such as Terry McGinnis/Batman, the title character of ""Batman Beyond"", and Ron Stoppable of ""Kim Possible"". He voices Deadpool in ""Ultimate Spider-Man"" and Star-Lord in the animated"
"Abbott is best remembered as Assistant Director Arthur Ward on the ABC series, ""The F.B.I.,"" with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., in the starring role as Inspector Lewis Erskine. Abbott died in 1998 of cancer in Tarzana, California. He is interred at the Roman Catholic San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles. Philip Abbott Philip Abbott (March 20, 1924 – February 23, 1998) was an American character actor. He appeared in several films and numerous television series, including a lead role as Arthur Ward in the crime series ""The F.B.I."". Abbott was also the founder of Theatre West in Los Angeles. A"
"is played by Johnny Depp as a somewhat-modernized version of the character from the original series. He has a deep obsession with Josette, has no forgiveness for those who betray him, and believes that his curse can be reversed. He shows deep emotions for his modern family members, whose lives he longs to be part of. He displays his television counterpart's powers and abilities, while subject to his cold vampire instincts. Barnabas tries to win the love of David's governess Maggie Evans, now called Victoria Winters, who reminds him of his lost beloved Josette. Depp's version is up to date"
"Ed Devereaux Edward Sidney Devereaux (27 August 192517 December 2003), better known professionally as Ed Devereaux, was an Australian actor, director and scriptwriter who lived in the United Kingdom for many years. He was best known for playing the part of Matt Hammond the head ranger in the Australian television series ""Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"". He was also involved in the series behind the scenes, Devereaux writing the script and directing the episode ""The Veteran"" (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of the episode ""Double Trouble"" on an idea conceived by his children, wrote"
"a doctor taking care of, and ultimately falling for, Jessica Tate (portrayed by actress Katherine Helmond). He also appeared in many TV series such as, ""Kojak"", ""CHiPs"", ""Three's Company"", ""Matlock"", ""Diagnosis Murder"", ""Walker Texas Ranger"", ""Barnaby Jones"", ""Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"", ""The Eddie Capra Mysteries"", ""Magnum P.I."", """", and ""The West Wing"". Granville Van Dusen Granville Van Dusen (born March 16, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Race Bannon in the 1986 television series ""The New Adventures of Jonny Quest"", ""Jonny's Golden Quest"", ""Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects"", and two"
"Idris Elba Idrissa Akuna Elba (; born 6 September 1972) is a British actor, producer, musician and DJ known for playing drug trafficker Stringer Bell on the HBO series ""The Wire"", DCI John Luther on the BBC One series ""Luther"" and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film """" (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award. Elba appeared in Ridley Scott's ""American Gangster"" (2007) and ""Prometheus"" (2012). Elba portrays Heimdall in ""Thor"" (2011) and its sequels"
"the Radio Division for Canadian broadcasting outfit Corus Entertainment Inc. John Hayes (radio) John Hayes is an American radio executive, famously named ""The Incubus"" by Howard Stern from his days as Vice President and General Manager at WNBC. He and Kevin ""Pig Virus"" Metheny, program director prior to Hayes' arrival, were portrayed by Paul Giamatti as a composite character under the name Kenny ""Pig Vomit"" Rushton in the 1997 movie ""Private Parts"". It was Hayes who actually fired Stern from WNBC-AM in 1985 on the orders of NBC network executives. Hayes again took Stern off the air from CILQ-FM in"
"to actress Rebecca Mozo since October 2016 and they currently reside in Los Angeles. Matt Caplan Matt Caplan is an American actor, singer, voice actor and musician. Caplan has appeared on Broadway in ""Rent"" as Mark Cohen, in the revival of ""South Pacific"" and in ""High Fidelity"". He has also been featured in the films Across the Universe and Painting Abby Long, and on the television show New Amsterdam. Most recently, he originated the role of Tunny in the stage adaptation of Green Day's ""American Idiot"", which premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California in September 2009. The"
"Wayne Robson Wayne Robson (April 29, 1946 – April 4, 2011) was a Canadian television, stage and film actor known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom ""The Red Green Show"" from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film ""Duct Tape Forever"". Robson was also known as the escape artist character Rennes, ""the Wren"", from the 1997 science fiction film ""Cube"". Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began his acting career on stage there, but moved with his family to Toronto, where he continued stage acting"
"2016. Shively portrayed 17-year-old Jimmy O'Neal. Shively won significant praise from reviewer Sheri Linden for his performance in the 2016 coming-of-age film ""Summer of 8"", and teamed with fellow former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy in the short horror-comedy film ""8 Bodies"" in 2017. Matt Shively Matthew James Shively, Jr. (born September 15, 1990) is an American actor best known for his role as Ryan Laserbeam on the Nickelodeon television series ""True Jackson, VP"". Beginning in June 2011, he began appearing in the Nickelodeon series ""The Troop"" as Kirby. He co-starred in the ABC television program ""The Real O'Neals"" which debuted"
"William Sadler (actor) William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in ""The Pacific"", in """", Sheriff Jim Valenti in ""Roswell"", convict Heywood in ""The Shawshank Redemption"", Senator Vernon Trent in ""Hard to Kill"", and the Grim Reaper in ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"", a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce Willis in ""Die Hard 2"". He played the character of President of the United States, Matthew Ellis, in ""Iron"